TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation WABAIZIGAN, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during a targeted operation along the Benin–Sapele Road in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State. The suspect, identified as Olamide Oyeniyi, was arrested on 12 September 2026 at Obaretin Community by troops conducting operations to disrupt criminal activities and safeguard major transportation routes within the area. Items recovered from the suspect include one AK-47 rifle, one magazine and eight rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition. Other items recovered are one Tecno mobile phone, two bags, one torchlight, one music box and assorted charms. The suspect and recovered items are currently in troops’ custody for further investigation, while efforts are ongoing to establish his links to other criminal elements and determine his possible involvement in kidnapping and related activi...
Obalufemi Obadeyi,a fake officer of the Lagos state Traffic Management Authority,LASTMA,has been remanded in Kirikiri prison,Lagos,over extortion of motorists.He was arrested on Saturday 28 December,2013 and was later arraigned before an Ikeja magistrate court for impersonating as an official of the agency to extort money from unwary motorists.Obalufemi Obadeyi,33years old graduate of Business Administration from the Yaba college of Technology,was employed into the Lagos state civil service in 2002,before he was dismissed by LASMA for misconduct in August 2006.After his dismissal,he was said to have sewn a new LASMA uniform and changed his name to avoid being detected.The father of one was arrested by the parol team of LASMA after receiving a tip off from some motorists who reported illegal activities of some one parading himself as an official of the agency while extorting money from them at Ojuelegba area of Lagos.The suspect after being arrested said that he was advised on dismissal from service to hand over all the agency's paraphernalia in his possession,but deliberately held onto his old identity card he had declared missing before his dismissal.The magistrate presiding over the case,Mrs Dan Oni,ruled that the accused be remanded in Kirikiri prisons till 16 January,pending when sentence would be passed.
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